Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering
ECE3413 — Introduction to Electronic Circuits
Fall 2012
SYLLABUS—GENERAL INFORMATION
Course:
ECE3413 — Introduction to Electronic Circuits, Fall 2012, Section: 01, Credits: 3
Meeting time: 11:00–11:50am MWF
Meeting location: Rm. 203 Simrall
Web page: http://www.ece.msstate.edu/∼fowler/Classes/ECE3413
Email list: ece3413@ece.msstate.edu
Email list archive: http://www.ece.msstate.edu/pipermail/ece3413
Instructor:
Dr. James E. Fowler
Office: 4225 Simrall
Email: fowler@ece.msstate.edu
Phone: 325-3640
Office Hours: MW 12:00–3:00pm, or by appointment
Prerequisite:
Credit or registration in ECE 1002, MA 3113, and PH 2223
Text/Software:
G. Rizzoni, Fundamentals of Electrical Engineering McGraw Hill, 2008. ISBN: 978-0-07-338037-7
J. G. Tront, PSpice for Basic Circuit Analysis with CD, 2nd Edition, McGraw Hill, 2007.
ISBN: 978-0-07-326319-9
Matlab & Simulink Student Version Release 2012a, Mathworks, Inc. ISBN: 978-0-9825838-5-2
OrCAD 16.5 PCB Designer Lite (Capture & PSpice only), Cadence Design Systems, Inc.
Course Objectives:
Course Topics:
The objective of this course is to introduce students to the basic concepts of first- and second-order
electronic circuits. By the end of the course, students will be able to analyze circuits with ideal
resistors, capacitors, inductors, and operational amplifiers using both time- and frequency-domain
techniques; apply simulation software to circuits with resistors, capacitors, inductors, and operational
amplifiers; construct, test and debug simple circuits with practical resistors, capacitors, inductors, and
operational amplifiers; measure the performance of constructed circuits; and practice self-assessment
and interpretation of work by comparing measured results for simple circuits with results from analysis and simulation.
❑ Fundamentals of Electric Circuits
❑ Resistive Network Analysis
❑ AC Network Analysis
❑ Transient Analysis
❑ Frequency Response and System Concepts
Online Material:
A significant amount of course-related material may be found at the class website. It is the responsibility of the student to be cognizant of this information; thus, the student should visit the website
frequently. Additionally, important class announcements will be sent by email to the official ECE
class email list, ece3413@ece.msstate.edu. This list sends mail to university Official Student
Email addresses (not ECE email addresses). By university policy, it is the responsibility of the student to configure his or her Official Student Email appropriately (including any desired forwarding to
other addresses), and to read email frequently. The email traffic of the class email list is archived, and
students are encouraged to use this list for class-related questions and discussions.
Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering
ECE3413 — Introduction to Electronic Circuits
Fall 2012
SYLLABUS—SCHEDULE
Period
Date
1
2
3
4
5
6
Aug. 20
22
24
27
29
31
Sep. 3
5
7
10
12
14
17
19
21
24
26
28
Oct. 1
3
5
8
10
12
15
17
19
22
24
26
29
31
Nov. 2
5
7
9
12
14
16
19
21
23
26
28
30
Dec. 3
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
F INAL E XAM
Topic
Fundamental definitions
Charge, current, & Kirchhoff’s current law
Voltage & Kirchhoff’s voltage law
Power, sign conventions, & i-v characteristics
Resistance & Ohm’s law, series resistance
Parallel resistance, voltage and current sources
Holiday – no classes
Nodal analysis
Mesh analysis
Analysis with dependent sources
Superposition
Thévenin and Norton equivalent circuits
Maximum power transfer
Review
Exam I
The ideal capacitor
The ideal inductor
Sinusoidal sources
Phasors
Impedance & admittance
Fall Break – no classes
AC circuit analysis
AC circuit analysis
Review
Exam II
Transient analysis of source-free RC circuits
Transient analysis of source-free RL circuits
RC & RL circuits with DC sources
Transient response of second-order circuits
Transient response of second-order circuits
Parallel & series RLC circuits
Sinusoidal frequency response
Fourier analysis
Fourier analysis
Filters
Filters
Review
Exam III
The ideal opamp
The ideal opamp
Holiday – no classes
Holiday – no classes
Active filters
AC power
AC power
Review
Wednesday, December 12
Sections
2.1
2.2
2.3
2.4–2.5
2.6
2.7–2.8
3.1–3.2
3.3
3.4
3.5
3.6
3.7
4.1
4.1
4.2
4.3
4.4
4.4
4.4
5.1–5.2
5.3
5.4
5.4
5.5
5.5
6.1
6.2
6.2
8.1–8.2
8.2
8.3
7.1
7.2
12:00–3:00pm
Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering
ECE3413 — Introduction to Electronic Circuits
Fall 2012
SYLLABUS—CLASS POLICY
Expectations:
The instructor expects the student to:
❑ Attend each class!
❑ Read the book!
❑ Work all the homework!
Honor Code:
Mississippi State University has an approved Honor Code that applies to all students. The code is as follows:
“As a Mississippi State University student I will conduct myself with honor and integrity at all times. I
will not lie, cheat, or steal, nor will I accept the actions of those who do.” Upon accepting admission to
Mississippi State University, a student immediately assumes a commitment to uphold the Honor Code, to
accept responsibility for learning, and to follow the philosophy and rules of the Honor Code. Students will be
required to state their commitment on examinations, research papers, and other academic work. Ignorance
of the rules does not exclude any member of the MSU community from the requirements or the processes of
the Honor Code. For additional information please visit: http://www.honorcode.msstate.edu/
Attendance:
❑ Class roll will be taken every day.
❑ A student is considered present for class if the student remains in class for the duration of the class.
❑ If an absence from class is unavoidable due to some situation beyond a student’s control, the student
should advise the instructor before a class is missed.
❑ Although attendance is not a formal component of the course grade, attendance records will be reported
along with course grades.
Homework:
❑ Homework will be assigned each Friday and will be due the following Friday, unless otherwise specified.
❑ Homework must be turned in at the beginning of the class period in which it is due.
❑ No late homeworks will be accepted for any reason.
Projects:
❑ There will be several projects assigned throughout the semester; these projects will involve PSpice
simulations.
Exams:
❑ All exams will be closed book and closed notes, unless otherwise specified.
❑ Students are expected to be present for all exams. Make-up exams due to an absence will be given
only under the following conditions:
◆ The student has informed the instructor of the absence at least 24 hours in advance of missing the
exam.
— OR —
◆ The student misses the exam due to some situation beyond the student’s control (such as a serious
illness, a death in the family, etc.) which is unexpected, unavoidable, and documented. The reason
for each absence of this sort will be judged case by case by the instructor and, if it is deemed valid
under the above description, a make-up exam will be given.
❑ After a graded exam has been returned to a student, the student may wish to dispute the exam score:
◆ In the case of an arithmetic error in the tallying of the exam score from the individual sections of
the exam, the error will be corrected.
◆ In all other cases, the student may request that the exam be regraded. During exam regrading,
the entire exam will be regraded, which may result in higher or lower scores on each and every
section of the exam.
◆ In all cases, all requests for exam regrading must be made within one week following the date the
graded exam was returned to the student.
◆ An exam will be regraded only once.
Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering
ECE3413 — Introduction to Electronic Circuits
Fall 2012
SYLLABUS—CLASS POLICY
M ATLAB:
Students are required to have Matlab Student Version by Mathworks, Inc. The Matlab Student Version comes
with the Symbolic Math Toolbox and Simulink; as the students progress through the curriculum, classes that need
other M ATLAB toolboxes will formally require them to be purchased. The Matlab Student Version and toolboxes
may be purchased through the Mathworks website at http://www.mathworks.com/.
Grading:
Final course grades will be based on homework and exams with weighting as described below.
Homework Assignments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10%
Projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10%
Exam I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20%
Exam II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20%
Exam III . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20%
Final Exam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20%
Specifically, grades will be determined via the following procedure. Suppose you score hi out of Hi points on
Homework Assignment i, you score pk out of Pk points on Project k, you score ej out of Ej points on Exam j,
and you score f out of F points on the Final Exam. Your average homework score h̄ is calculated as
h̄ =
Nh
hi
1 X
,
Nh i=1 Hi
where the number of homework assignments is Nh . Your average project score p̄ is calculated as
p̄ =
Np
1 X pk
,
Np
Pk
k=1
where the number of project assignments is Np . Your final course score s is calculated as
e2
e3
f
e1
· 0.2 +
· 0.2 +
· 0.2 + · 0.2 · 100.
s = h̄ · 0.1 + p̄ · 0.1 +
E1
E2
E3
F
The average class score s̄ is calculated as the average (arithmetic mean) of final course scores s for all students
in the class. The class adjustment a is calculated as
(
0,
s̄ > 75,
a=
75 − s̄, else.
Your adjusted score is then
s′ = round (s + a) ,
where round(·) denotes rounding to the nearest integer. (Note: the adjustment serves to “curve” the grades up
to a mean of 75, although the mean is not “curved down” if above 75). Your final grade g is determined from
your adjusted score:


A, 90 ≤ s′ ≤ 100,



′


B, 80 ≤ s < 90,
g = C, 70 ≤ s′ < 80,



D, 60 ≤ s′ < 70,



F, s′ < 60.